Thanks Gazza, You are correct in me knowing 'the game,' i love trading, as i like to be a better bargain for myself, and who knows if the other person thinks they are doing better I have a Movato watch that was given to me about a year ago, and its stainless steel, which id prefer a rubber strap or a brown leather one. Anyways i like vintage stuff, and so im fond of the military styling of watches. You asked me, somewhat, to order that list, so here it goes; Is it the people you deal with when buying and selling? Well, people can be a pain in the butt, but i do enjoy meeting them and seeing there collections and seeing what they buy/sell and what they are into. That gives me further interest to hunt for them, and trade for something i like that they have. Is it the love of the pieces for their individual beauty - or perhaps their historical significance? Both, not many pieces have historical significance, but when/if they do, i definitely add value to where it needs to be, and gives me a greater appreciation for the piece. As i said, i love old things, and thinking about the quality of things that life used to be, and compare it to today, saddens me. Probably why i like the look, and the quality of hand poured bars. Is it for the profit? A little bit, i hate loosing money, doesn't mean it wont happen again, and i wont reinvest in the same thing i lost money on. I just hope to recoup my investment plus a little, if not 300% over, i dont think that happens with silver :lol: Is it for anything else? I think you pretty much covered everything of buying and selling. Is there anything you don't like about 'the game'? Some of the people who just want money and wont trade, people who are too cocky and have there head up there ass.
Watches can be pretty good investments, I'm eyeing off a second hand Rolex Oyster circa 1991. I reckon I could possibly flip it for at least what i've pay for it, if not it'll look great around the wrist.
Are we talking this auction? http://www.ebay.com/itm/ROLEX-LADY-...446753059?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item589464c123
That's a nice piece, but no the one I was looking at was at a local secondhand watch store in Adelaide. It was a men's pearl oyster.. around 2k.
Good deal indeed. Here are a few watches i was looking at, a few out of my price range. The carbon fiber and rose gold, id buy tomorrow (not literally) if someone had for $5000. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230822497347 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251102653479 http://www.ebay.com/itm/120942866227?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/180921278649?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/380447700086?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/221053175167?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/350559984187?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/180917347329?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/380451540078?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/261058388610?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/160817741547?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370629605745